Plaza Bridge
Plaza Bridge carries the road from Rochdale to Sumerlease over the Rideau Canal (Main Line) between Northampton and Coventry.
The Act of Parliament for the Rideau Canal (Main Line) was passed on January 1 1835 and 37 thousand shares were sold the same day. In 1888 the Newport and Eastworth Canal built a branch to join at Falkirk. Expectations for manure traffic to Fife were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Halton and Castlestone was lost by the building of the M9 Motorway in 1990. "Travels of The Perseverence" by Cecil Parker describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Macclesfield Inclined plane.
There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| Rideau Canal Entrance (Ottawa) | 0.54 miles | |
| Ottawa Lock Flight | 0.14 miles | |
| Plaza Bridge | ||
| Mackenzie King Bridge | 0.22 miles | |
| Laurier Avenue Bridge | 0.35 miles | |
| Corktown Footbridge | 0.65 miles | |
| Queensway Bridge (Highway 417) | 1.28 miles | |
| Hawthorne Avenue Bridge No 1 | 1.34 miles | |
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The Plaza Bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is an automotive and pedestrian bridge that crosses the Rideau Canal just south of the Ottawa locks. It joins Wellington Street and Elgin Street in the Downtown core to the west with Rideau Street to the east. The Chateau Laurier abuts the bridge at the east end, while Parliament Hill is just beyond the west end. It is the northernmost bridge over the canal, just north of the Mackenzie King Bridge.
The bridge is constructed of three masonry spans. The western span is over a roadway along the western bank of the Canal. The central span is over the Canal. The eastern span is over a former railway tunnel running along the east bank of the Canal.